Biography

Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon and Master’s degree in Philosophy from the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities. FCT scholarship holder at the London School of Economics, in the Department of Philosophy of Science, between 1999 and 2001. Attended the Doctoral Programme in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society, specialising in Logic and Philosophy of Science, at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (2014-2022). Philosophy teacher and co-editor of the journal Aion. Journal of Philosophy and Science.

Research fields

• History and philosophy of science

Selected publications

• Rua, Fernando, “Modelos e experiências de pensamento,” in Ciência, Racionalidade e Política. Ensaios (in)Atuais, organised by Olga Pombo, 283-301. Lisbon: Aletheia, 2020. [PDF]🔓
• Rua, Fernando, “Uma exposição da ciência alemã. A exposição de Física na Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa em Maio de 1930,” in Portugal, Indien und Deutschland. Portugal, Índia e Alemanha (Akten der V. deutsch-portugiesischen Arbeitsgespräche. Actas do V Encontro Luso-Alemão), edited by Helmut Siepmann. Köln/Lisbon: Zentrum Portugiesischsprachige Welt, 2000.
• Rua, Fernando. “O Paradoxo de Einstein, Podolsky e Rosen como Experiência de Pensamento.” Master’s in Philosophy dissertation presented to the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1996.

Main projects

• “Thought Experiments as conceptual/imaginary artifactual abstract objects” — PhD project supervised by Augusto Fitas (IHC — University of Évora) and Olga Pombo (FCUL)